3.1
(a) By participating or intending to participate in a race conducted under these
rules, each competitor and boat owner
agrees to accept these rules.
(b) A support person by providing support, or a parent or guardian by permitting
their child to enter a race, agrees to accept the rules.

3.2 Each competitor and boat owner agrees, on behalf of their
support persons, that such support persons are bound by the rules.

3.3 Acceptance of the rules
includes agreement
(a) to be governed by the rules;
(b) to accept the penalties imposed and other action taken under the rules,
subject to the appeal and review procedures provided in them, as the final determination
of any matter arising under the rules;
(c) with respect to any such determination, not to resort to any court of law
or tribunal not provided for in the rules;
and
(d) by each competitor and boat owner to ensure that their support persons are
aware of the rules.

3.4 The person in charge of each boat shall ensure that all
competitors in the crew and the boat’s owner are aware of their responsibilities
under this rule.

3.5 This rule may be changed by a prescription of the national
authority of the venue.